Analysis of The Jerk
On this site I was labeled the jerk
And I'm not talking about Steve Martin
I thought by acting this way I would have gained a bunch of perks
But I lost my old attitude, you'll probably find it on the side of a milk carton
Gone and missing
Maybe I can finally get all of these poets to truely listen
Cockyness thrown out and played off
Maybe being the nice guy can finally pay off
The top of the conceited mountain is what I'm trying to stay off
A complete con artist
Poetry's own Bernie Madoff
Just thought that if I boast
Then maybe me and my family can later on toast
To the good life
Drinking champagne while laying in a mansion
All because of my poetic expansion
To steal the game from everyone and hold it for ransom
I just wanted to do the best that I could...
Maybe I should put the pen down for good
Scheme | XAXAXABBBXB CCXAAX D D |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111001 0111001110 111101111110111 111111011001110110110 1010 10111001111101110 111011 1010011110011 01100101011110111 001110 11101 111111 11010110011011 1011 10011100010 10111010010 1101110011110 11101101111 1011101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 797 |
Words | 162 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 6, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 160 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on February 25, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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